U.S. Government Proposes "Internet Kill Switch"
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Wouldn't that be counterproductive? Doesn't the Fed. Government want a way to get information to it's citizens in an emergency? They can't count on TV or Radio anymore because more and more people are like me and don't use either.
And we'll pull out of Afghanistan if they do.GrinningManiac said:
Ha, why? Like some super-evil Lex Luger's gonna hack into US goverment computers si bad that a killswitch is pressed?
...and I knew I'd get beaten to it. -,- Okay, but it's time for round two. If 1984 plays on our fear which books dystopia plays on our pleasures?Lizmichi said:
Hmm. How are they planning to implement this exactly? I'm wondering if this is where they got their definition of the internet from:
Edit:Grr. Embedding disabled.
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The trouble with all of this is that they can't just shut down the US internet. Yes, the internet was developed in conjunction with the British and several other countries, however, there is still a signifigant amount of hardlines and communications systems that are used to connect what is essentially "the internet" to the general public of the United States. Who owns these hardlines and sattilites? The United States.
An internet kill switch wouldn't be able to shut it down just like that with a virus or something, that just isn't feasible. What would more than likely happen is that when the order is given, all hardlines would be cut, essentially destroying communications with the sattilites. This would immediately cancel out the transmission of data from server to server, and shut down the internet. Would it only affect the US? The answer is a resounding FUCK NO.
Not every country can afford a communications web, so many countries piggyback off off the EU and US systems, thus avoiding the need to make their own. This is a problem, as the vast majority of these countries get that service from the United States, and if this kill switch were to be activated, the US and any other countries that use that comm system will be completely cut off from the rest of the world. Not only that, but a large portion of the internet's data is stored in US servers, which would devestate the internet if shut down. Even countries with their own comm systems would be affected, as many commerce and business sites are located on US servers, and a lot of foreigners and Europeans use US servers for their reliability and space.
Needless to say, that the very existance of this "kill switch" would be bordering on an international war crime. I can't even think about the abhorable disaster that could potentially take place if it were ever activated. Somebody seriously needs to step in and take charge of these incredibly unstable government officials.
An internet kill switch wouldn't be able to shut it down just like that with a virus or something, that just isn't feasible. What would more than likely happen is that when the order is given, all hardlines would be cut, essentially destroying communications with the sattilites. This would immediately cancel out the transmission of data from server to server, and shut down the internet. Would it only affect the US? The answer is a resounding FUCK NO.
Not every country can afford a communications web, so many countries piggyback off off the EU and US systems, thus avoiding the need to make their own. This is a problem, as the vast majority of these countries get that service from the United States, and if this kill switch were to be activated, the US and any other countries that use that comm system will be completely cut off from the rest of the world. Not only that, but a large portion of the internet's data is stored in US servers, which would devestate the internet if shut down. Even countries with their own comm systems would be affected, as many commerce and business sites are located on US servers, and a lot of foreigners and Europeans use US servers for their reliability and space.
Needless to say, that the very existance of this "kill switch" would be bordering on an international war crime. I can't even think about the abhorable disaster that could potentially take place if it were ever activated. Somebody seriously needs to step in and take charge of these incredibly unstable government officials.
I remember that in some post-apocalyptic movie the internet was turned off. Don't remember why though. Maybe they're getting ready?TheRightToArmBears said:
Now it's time to setup our pirate IP stations. We each create a hacked wireless home moden and attach a massive antenna and a hacked torrent program on it.Whenever someone wants something snippits and bits from the website, people who already loaded the website, and people who are loading the website. They wave of knowledge will rush to them in a wonderful flurry. Don't forget to seed idiots. >.<
That flase and homosexual, misleading and bicurions, wrong and ....not straight. Screw the US goverment thinking it could just turn off the internet when it wan'ts to the internet does no belong to anyone if they mess with the internet the internet will just mess them the ____ up.
Cyber 9/11? How would that work? Do the terrorists attack a monument with a cyber suit or a cyberdemon? If so, we can just shoot it until it dies. Not joking though, the horrors of 9/11 can not be recreated on the internet. Mainly, people won't die, unless the terrorists somehow figure out how to turn our computer monitors into malicious floating cyber squids with chainguns and the screen filled with Osama Bin Laden's face. I doubt that.
To me, this sounds like an ability to switch off the internet whenever free speech or free access to information becomes too inconvinient for goverments.
Is this something to take that seriously? It feels as if politicians attempt to make people paranoid in order to impose laws that work to their own advantage in some way.
Is this something to take that seriously? It feels as if politicians attempt to make people paranoid in order to impose laws that work to their own advantage in some way.
I just hope the cyber-officials can come up with some cyber-defense strategies for the cyber-events which cyber-threaten the cyber-lifestyle we've all cyber-become cyber-used to... cyber....
Seriously, "cyber" is to this article what "spcae" is to the Metroid series.
Seriously, "cyber" is to this article what "spcae" is to the Metroid series.